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I’m back with the final installment of “The ‘New Mass’ of 1964” series
This article is the conclusion for the whole series
It's a huge milestone for me as I wrap up this project, so come along with me for one final thread!
🧵⤵️
This article is the conclusion for the whole series
It's a huge milestone for me as I wrap up this project, so come along with me for one final thread!
🧵⤵️
This conclusion piece is more than just a wrap-up
I used this as a coda and extended reflection on the whole series, including new unpublished material and a newly revised thesis
It’s notably shorter than any of the other pieces, so I'd really encourage you to check it out
I used this as a coda and extended reflection on the whole series, including new unpublished material and a newly revised thesis
It’s notably shorter than any of the other pieces, so I'd really encourage you to check it out
🧵Rich boy steals a championship title from his own sister.
Paul "Lina" Haaga's family has millions. His grandfather is the former CEO/president of NPR and his parents are paying around $100,000 a year just for their two oldest to attend high school.
"Trans" seems to be very much an upper-class luxury, as evinced by the noticeably large number of celebrity children that we've seen in recent years pretending to be the opposite sex.
"Lina" is far from the only boy who already has everything, but feels a need to steal from girls. Here are a few other privileged, entitled rich white boys cosplaying as a "marginalized minority."👇
Paul "Lina" Haaga's family has millions. His grandfather is the former CEO/president of NPR and his parents are paying around $100,000 a year just for their two oldest to attend high school.
"Trans" seems to be very much an upper-class luxury, as evinced by the noticeably large number of celebrity children that we've seen in recent years pretending to be the opposite sex.
"Lina" is far from the only boy who already has everything, but feels a need to steal from girls. Here are a few other privileged, entitled rich white boys cosplaying as a "marginalized minority."👇
2/ Riley "Athena" Ryan attended Sonoma Academy
Tuition: $60,000 per year (rounded to the 1,000th)
(Girls' cross country, girls' track and field)
Tuition: $60,000 per year (rounded to the 1,000th)
(Girls' cross country, girls' track and field)
3/ Tate Drageset and "Lorelei" Barrett both attended The Buckley School (Buckley Sherman-Oaks)
Tuition: $58,000 per year
(To his credit, Barrett did the right thing and returned to the boys' team)
(Girls' volleyball)
(Girls' cross country, girls' track and field)
Tuition: $58,000 per year
(To his credit, Barrett did the right thing and returned to the boys' team)
(Girls' volleyball)
(Girls' cross country, girls' track and field)
After an great response to our first story of th series
We will be launching our second series tomorrow
SHOURYAGATHA: PAMPOSH WARRIORS
This series will have the stories of valour, grit, determination and Resilience of our community members in uniform.1/9
We will be launching our second series tomorrow
SHOURYAGATHA: PAMPOSH WARRIORS
This series will have the stories of valour, grit, determination and Resilience of our community members in uniform.1/9
These will dispel the very delusions which ascribe a lot of adjectives to our community about its Marshall Status. We imbibe the Dronas, Valmikis and Vashists but if provoked beyond limit of resilience we can invoke Parshurams too.
hope you enjoy this journey with us.2/9
hope you enjoy this journey with us.2/9
Our first story in series
FROM PAIN TO PURPOSE: VALOUR, VIGOUR, VISION & VICTORY
Displaced but determined, Col Reenu defied discrimination, decoded destiny and donned the olive green with dignity.3/9
FROM PAIN TO PURPOSE: VALOUR, VIGOUR, VISION & VICTORY
Displaced but determined, Col Reenu defied discrimination, decoded destiny and donned the olive green with dignity.3/9
We have this outrageous case of sexual abuse impacting my community of Waterloo Region right now. Canada’s track record of failing sexual abuse and domestic abuse victims is well known. Ontario’s Attorney General keeps focusing on providing supports for survivors but not actual prosecution. #onpoli @WomensMarchCDA @CFifeKW #cdnpoli #mmiw #IdleNoMore #RedDressDay #OrangeShirtDay #StopFemicide #StopSexism #StopAbuse #Prosecuteoffenders @AmberWoods100 @JulietteBryant @EpsteinNetwork @WMC_WR @UN_Women @HRWcanada @amnesty @oxfamgb @UNDPGAIN @UN_SPExperts @UN_SProcedures
We need Canadians to wake up to the Trump like moves of the Doug Ford government when it comes to how survivors are being treated. We have medical licences being removed from Physicians based on the same doctor and yet judges are dropping cases as if there is no evidence.
These are not rare events. We have many cases of abuses by physicians in Canada. ctvnews.ca/toronto/articl…
Six years in the gym taught me some brutal truths about fitness:
1. Eat all the damn fruits you want.- It’s almost impossible to overeat it.
1. Eat all the damn fruits you want.- It’s almost impossible to overeat it.
2. Sugar does not make you fat.
3. If you're not horny, you're not healthy.
4. Most people eat due to B.T.S. (boredom, thirst, or stress) - not hunger. Before you eat, ask yourself: "Am I bored, thirsty or stressed right now?"
3. If you're not horny, you're not healthy.
4. Most people eat due to B.T.S. (boredom, thirst, or stress) - not hunger. Before you eat, ask yourself: "Am I bored, thirsty or stressed right now?"
5. Exercise is a documented anti-depressant. CNN is a documented depressant. Adjust your life accordingly.
6. A high-protein diet is the best diet.
7. Eggs are a superfood. Not a "food to avoid".
6. A high-protein diet is the best diet.
7. Eggs are a superfood. Not a "food to avoid".
🚨 Breaking: UAE’s Fujairah Government reports a large fire at the Fujairah Petroleum Industries Zone caused by a drone strike “originating from Iran.” Civil Defense is responding.
Iranian authorities and state-affiliated news outlets have previously said that:
▪️UAE Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter jets were responsible for attacking a refinery on Lavan Island shortly after a ceasefire was brokered in early April 2026.
▪️The UAE played an "active role" in a broader US-Israeli military campaign since its inception.
▪️UAE has been allowing its territory to serve as a launch point for US strikes throughout the war, particularly referencing a mid-March attack on Kharg Island.
▪️UAE Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter jets were responsible for attacking a refinery on Lavan Island shortly after a ceasefire was brokered in early April 2026.
▪️The UAE played an "active role" in a broader US-Israeli military campaign since its inception.
▪️UAE has been allowing its territory to serve as a launch point for US strikes throughout the war, particularly referencing a mid-March attack on Kharg Island.
⭕️ A cargo vessel has reported an engine room fire 36 nautical miles north of Dubai on Monday, according to a UKMTO advisory. The cause is unknown and authorities are investigating. All crew are safe and accounted for.
The UAE MOD confirms that the country is currently undergoing an Iranian drone and missile attack.
Explosions have been reported across multiple parts of the Emirates, and a petrochemical facility has reportedly been hit in Fujairah.
Explosions have been reported across multiple parts of the Emirates, and a petrochemical facility has reportedly been hit in Fujairah.
More:
The El Dorado Report 2026: how much revenue independent hospitality operators are already generating but losing, every day, because they cannot see where the leak is.
Spoiler: it's a lot. 2-8% of annual revenue, depending on market.
Spoiler: it's a lot. 2-8% of annual revenue, depending on market.
The headline: across Europe's five biggest tourism markets, independent operators are sitting on a recoverable revenue wedge of €6.5B to €26.1B.
Not new demand. Demand that already arrived but converted at lower rates than it should have.
Not new demand. Demand that already arrived but converted at lower rates than it should have.
For Spain alone, on the base case (5%): €6.3B.
That's not the whole tourism market. That's the share of independent operator revenue plausibly improved through better response time, language coverage, and unread-data analysis.
The data already arrived. Most of it never gets read
That's not the whole tourism market. That's the share of independent operator revenue plausibly improved through better response time, language coverage, and unread-data analysis.
The data already arrived. Most of it never gets read
My debut in @washingtonpost
Vladimir Putin’s ambitions are dying in Africa
African governments have seen what Russian reliability looks like. Moscow abandoned Syria’s Bashar al-Assad the moment rebel forces reached Damascus in December 2024, accepting his exile over any serious effort to sustain him. It is now doing the same in Mali. No government on the continent weighing its options can miss the pattern. The U.S. should seek to make that reversal permanent — knowing, as ever, that a Sahel in free fall won’t be contained.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…
Vladimir Putin’s ambitions are dying in Africa
African governments have seen what Russian reliability looks like. Moscow abandoned Syria’s Bashar al-Assad the moment rebel forces reached Damascus in December 2024, accepting his exile over any serious effort to sustain him. It is now doing the same in Mali. No government on the continent weighing its options can miss the pattern. The U.S. should seek to make that reversal permanent — knowing, as ever, that a Sahel in free fall won’t be contained.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…
As NATO concentrated on its eastern flank in the early 2020s, the Kremlin built a parallel pressure system along Europe’s southern perimeter, running from Libya through Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. By August 2024, close to 2,000 Russian personnel operated across Libyan military sites; Sudan had offered Moscow a 25-year Red Sea naval base; and the juntas of the Sahel’s three coup states had cast Russia as their sole security guarantor.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…
Iran-Russia cooperation in Sahel
Moscow presented this as liberation from Western dominance, while creating a corridor for migration and weapons transfers to put even more pressure on NATO’s southern flank. By granting Niger’s junta the political cover to sever ties with the West, Moscow also cleared the path for a $56 million deal in which Tehran acquired 300 tons of yellowcake uranium from Niamey in exchange for drones and missiles.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…
Moscow presented this as liberation from Western dominance, while creating a corridor for migration and weapons transfers to put even more pressure on NATO’s southern flank. By granting Niger’s junta the political cover to sever ties with the West, Moscow also cleared the path for a $56 million deal in which Tehran acquired 300 tons of yellowcake uranium from Niamey in exchange for drones and missiles.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…
The man who heals what therapists can't:
Niccolo Machiavelli
It's impossible to be psychologically trapped, stressed, or anxious after reading his teachings.
Here's his 4-step guide to unlocking mental freedom and self mastery: 🧵
Niccolo Machiavelli
It's impossible to be psychologically trapped, stressed, or anxious after reading his teachings.
Here's his 4-step guide to unlocking mental freedom and self mastery: 🧵
By his late 20s, Machiavelli had risen to one of the highest diplomatic ranks in the Florentine Republic.
For over a decade, he navigated the most treacherous, backstabbing political landscape in Europe.
For over a decade, he navigated the most treacherous, backstabbing political landscape in Europe.
Then, the ruling Medici family returned to power, and his world collapsed...
He was wrongly accused of conspiracy, imprisoned, tortured, and exiled to the countryside.
He was wrongly accused of conspiracy, imprisoned, tortured, and exiled to the countryside.
Europe's professional class faces four converging forces reshaping work over the next decade. Most people see one of them. Almost nobody sees all four together.
Force one: industrial relocation. Energy costs and geopolitics are pulling production out of Germany, Italy, France. Mid-tier manufacturing engineering is the layer that gets thinned.
Force two: the AI capacity gap. US AI investment in 2024 was $109B. The EU's was €8B. China's was $9.3B and growing fast. The compounding has begun.
I've spent the past few weeks reading 100s of public data sources about AI development. I now believe that recursive self-improvement has a 60% chance of happening by the end of 2028. In other words, AI systems might soon be capable of building themselves.
Major essay in Import AI 455, just published online.
A lot of the conclusion comes from assembling a mosaic out of many distinct data sources. Some examples - progress on CORE-Bench, where the task is implementing other research papers (huge amounts of AI research comes from interpreting and replicating results)
